FRANKEL is an anorexic 1-5 favourite after 12 horses stood their ground for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

FRANKEL is an anorexic 1-5 favourite after 12 horses stood their ground for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Sir Henry Cecil’s colt has swept aside everything put before him, but he’s not a betting proposition for modest punters like ourselves.

The superstar seeks to take his unbeaten run to 11 in the Group One over the straight mile that brings the curtain up on the five-day meeting.

Excelebration, who has been well-beaten four times by Frankel, takes on his nemesis again and is 6-1 to cause a shock result.

With the Aussie camp saying they will not be trying to win by a huge margin to preserve Black Caviar for a July Cup tilt, of some interest might be who will win by the greater distance?

Hill make Frankel 2-5, with the Queen of Oz an 11-4 chance.

? Born To Sea will try to uphold family honour at the top level when he lines up for the St James’s Palace Stakes on Tuesday. The half-brother to 2009 champion three-year-old Sea The Stars finished with real purpose when fifth to Power in the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh and trainer John Oxx reports him in fine shape.

? Big-race rider Luke Nolen is confident Black Caviar will not be inconvenienced by the prospect of soft ground in the Diamond Jubilee next Saturday.

All but three of her 21 wins have come under Nolen, who has ridden the Berkshire track competing in the Shergar Cup.

Nolen said: “So long as it’s not bottomless, I don’t see it being a major issue at all. Ascot will play to her strengths being a slightly tougher straight six than the one we are accustomed to at home.”

? GREAT HEAVENS (3.25) carries the nap at Newbury today. A sister to the yard’s very smart Nathaniel, she cruised home on heavy ground at Yarmouth last month and could go for the Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot if doing it in style, as expected, today.